隣接３町村、慎重判断要請へ　核ごみ処分、寿都町応募検討で―北海道

　北海道寿都町が高レベル放射性廃棄物（核のごみ）の最終処分地選定で第１段階に当たる「文献調査」に応募を検討していることについて、隣接３町村長は２０日、鈴木直道知事と道庁で会談し、寿都町に対し連名で慎重な判断を要請する方針を伝えた。３町村のうち、蘭越、黒松内両町は同日、事実上の反対意見を表明した。
　会談後、記者団の取材に応じた蘭越町の金秀行町長は、寿都町に「再考を願いたい」と言明。黒松内町の鎌田満町長も「できれば考え直してほしい」と求めた。残る島牧村の藤沢克村長は「（賛否表明に）慎重な立場だ」と述べるにとどめた。（2020/08/20-19:33）

The mayors of three municipalities neighboring a Hokkaido town considering applying for a survey to host a final disposal site for high-level radioactive waste said Thursday they will urge the town to make a careful decision.
   The mayors of the three municipalities unveiled the plan at a meeting with Naomichi Suzuki, governor of the northernmost Japan prefecture.
   Of the three, Rankoshi Mayor Hideyuki Kon and Kuromatsunai Mayor Mitsuru Kamada expressed opposition to the move by the town of Suttsu, which is considering applying for the literary survey, the first stage of the process to choose the location of a disposal site.
   Kon, Kamada and Shimamaki Mayor Masaru Fujisawa told Suzuki that they will ask Suttsu as early as this month to make a careful decision on the application.
   In response, Suzuki said the prefectural government will closely work with related municipalities on the matter.